Concubine Yi was not angry, but instead shook the dazzling gemstone on the ring between her fingers, and said proudly: "People take care of you because you are careless. The Queen Mother and the Emperor have agreed that in the future, I will pick the fortune of the ninth elder brother. When my sister arrives,
You have to help me take care of things when the time comes, and don't ask for anything else. Just be as filial as my Wufujin family."
Concubine Hui knew that she was teasing her daughter-in-law for being unfilial, so she was too lazy to talk to her. She looked up and saw that Concubine De had already sat down under the Queen Mother, talking and laughing very intimately, and she couldn't help but sneer in her heart. Among the five concubines now, Concubine De and Concubine De were sitting down.
Concubine Tong is the most noble. The legend that she was the most noble among the four concubines has long disappeared in time. She does not want to compete for honor or not. She did not care about the emperor's pitiful favor more than ten years ago.
Right now, what she cares about most is her eldest brother's future.
Not long after, the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to ask for permission to start. The Queen Mother had no objection, so she waited for the young girls to come in along with everyone. They looked at them one after another. While taking a break and serving tea, Concubine Yi rubbed her head and said
: "It's really like choosing daughters-in-law for brothers. Otherwise, my heart would be broken when I see so many young girls chosen to be sent to the emperor."
The Queen Mother heard the words and smiled faintly: "Now and then, many people from the clan have come to me recently to suggest that the Emperor has not formally drafted a draft in these years, so it is time to choose one. I am planning to discuss with the Emperor when to do it.
Regarding this matter, you should hold your heart carefully now so that it won't be shattered when the time comes."
Concubine Yi apologized and didn't dare to say anything more. She looked back and saw Concubine Hui smiling at her, and couldn't help but glared at her fiercely. Concubine Hui said to her: "You are ten years young, and you are cute and cute when you say such things. Now you say,
It’s just embarrassing.”
But before Concubine Yi could retort and the last few batches of children were brought in, Lan Qi had already signaled Dai Guiren to take a closer look at Nalan, the daughter of the deputy capital's Faka family who was standing among the crowd. She had nothing to do with the Pearl Mansion, but
She is also a young lady from a high-ranking aristocratic family. This time, there is also a cousin from the family who will be selected together with her. Before Lan Qi came, she had made an agreement with Dai Guiren. Since the daughter of the Faka family is relatively weak, she planned to select her cousin together.
She entered the house of the seventh elder brother and worked as a sidekick. Fujin was in poor health and had to rely on others to take care of her husband. My cousins were always easier to get along with than outsiders.
Dai Guiren stared at her daughter-in-law for a long time at first, and then she stopped caring about those people. When the girls were all looking at them, the Queen Mother was discussing with the concubines.
Do you like it?"
Obviously the Queen Mother had received the emperor's instructions a long time ago. Dai Guiren was happy in his heart, but he was just humble on his face: "I don't dare to overdo it and talk too much. I still ask the Queen Mother to make the decision."
As a result, the candidates for the Seventh Prince's Mansion were decided early, but for the Eighth Prince, the emperor didn't give any clues, and it seemed that it didn't matter whoever he chose. The Queen Mother was happy that Qi Fujin didn't have to worry about her, so on the contrary
She really had to choose one of the girls from Yingying Yanyan, which made her head hurt. Now she couldn't even remember which one was which.
Taking advantage of the rest, the Queen Mother took Lan Qi to the inner hall alone and asked her quietly if the emperor would express his wishes in Changchun Garden. Lan Qi smiled and said: "The emperor is worried about the seventh elder brother and said that the seventh elder brother was born with a disability.
For fear of being looked down upon, Eighth Prince is not worried. After all, he is the child of Concubine Hui. Others are afraid of not being able to reach him, so it is good to choose any family. If the emperor really mentioned something, it would be that you are now the emperor's presiding officer.
In the harem, it is very hard to deal with relatives and nobles all day long. If I can use this to give you a favor or something, that would be great. You should think about it and see if there is a suitable candidate."
The Queen Mother hurriedly said: "You know, in the past few years, old Fujin of Prince An's family often came to the palace to greet me. At that time, the late emperor only relied on her husband Yue Le. At that time, Prince An's palace was very beautiful, and I missed my old relationship.
I have to give her face, and they have gotten closer recently. They have a granddaughter who is very young. The fifth elder brother was already interested in choosing Fujin, but I heard that the child has a bad temper, and Yinqi also has a bad temper.
You are honest, if the two children are not suitable, I will not agree."
Lan Qi said with a smile: "The eighth elder brother has a gentle and kind-hearted temperament."
The Queen Mother thoughtfully held Lan Qi's arm and said, "Why don't you give me a favor? Yue Le worked hard and made great achievements both during the late emperor's time and when he pacified the three feudal lords, but the emperor treated him badly in the end. We all see it.
Is that what you see in your eyes?"
"I don't dare to say anything about court affairs. If the Queen Mother thinks it's appropriate, the Emperor will not say no." Lan Qi pushed the Queen Mother step by step to make this decision. Naturally, all this was what Xuan Ye meant.
It's just that Xuan Ye has different attitudes towards the choice of wives for his two sons, because he understands that the influence of these two children among the brothers is very different.
In order to avoid suspicion, the Queen Mother came out and discussed with everyone for a long time. To her surprise, Concubine Hui actually told her about Guo Luoluo, the granddaughter of Prince An's Mansion. The Queen Mother's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she kept saying: "This child has been raised all this time."
Under the lap of old Fujin, the rules and etiquette must be well-trained, and just now I looked carefully, I can't say anything about my appearance."
Concubine Hui saw that the Queen Mother was tempted and echoed a few words. She did not know that the Queen Mother had an idea, but Mingzhu had hinted to her before that if she could fight for it, it would be a good thing to win the child of Prince An for the Eighth Prince.
.
Old Fujin of Prince An's Mansion is the daughter of Sony, and is a brother and sister to Suo'etu. The prince's family has always been a pro-prince faction. Now, if there is any contact with the Changchun Palace, it is not directly attached to the eldest brother.
It's a good choice. Anyway, Concubine Hui adopts the eighth prince to assist the eldest brother, so he is also obliged to undertake such a political marriage.
Seeing that no one had any objections, the Empress Dowager drafted these proposals and sent them to Qianqing Palace for the Emperor to review. Half an hour later, Eunuch Liang came in person to express his gratitude to the Empress Dowager, saying that the Emperor recognized the Empress Dowager's decision, and invited the Empress Dowager and Qin Tian
The supervisor arranged the initial date together, and the ceremony must be completed in the twelfth lunar month, so that the wedding can be completed on the auspicious day of the first lunar month.
As soon as the news came out, it was learned that the seventh and eighth elder brothers had a new blessing. All the brothers gathered around the elder brother in the study to congratulate him, but the younger brothers were reluctant. After all, once the eighth elder brother was married and divorced, he would not come to the study very often.
, they would see each other less and less in the future. Yinhu promised his brothers that he was still young and would not be entrusted with too many errands, and would definitely come to the study from time to time in the past two years.
After that, the two princes went to Ningshou Palace and Qianqing Palace to express their gratitude, and then went to see their mothers respectively. The seventh prince went to Zhongcui Palace naturally, but after the eighth prince kowtowed to Concubine Hui in Changchun Palace, Concubine Hui did not mention it.
Let him go see the noble Jue Chan.
Yinsu didn't care. When he returned to his room, he said to Bao Yun: "I have made an agreement with the seventh brother to ask him to take care of you. After we get married, you will go to the seventh brother's house to work as an errand. In this way, you will leave the palace."
, and you don’t have to worry about being ordered to monitor me in the future, so we can all feel at ease."
Bao Yun didn't expect that the eighth prince would be so thoughtful and meticulous. He tried every means to escape from Concubine Hui's clutches. He couldn't help but burst into tears with gratitude and couldn't help crying. Instead, Yin Si comforted her and said: "You are the best person in this world so far."
If the person who treats me best, my Fujin, can also treat me sincerely, that will be my blessing, but I will never forget you. If it weren't for you, Baoyun, who was so kind to me, I probably wouldn't be who I am now."
Bao Yun didn't understand much, but she could understand the sadness in these words. In the early years, he didn't believe that noble Jue Chan would be kind to the eighth prince, but in the past two years, she felt that the eighth prince understood many things.
Since the child's heart was open, she didn't need to say anything more. She just always felt sorry for the eighth prince. He had done nothing wrong, but he was abandoned and used like this.
At this time, in the Yanxi Palace, after learning about the choice of the eighth prince Fujin, Xianghe came to the master in a fuss and said: "Do you still remember the child who sat in front of our Yanxi Palace? You personally received it.
She went to Ningshou Palace, and the child was the young lady from Prince An's Mansion. I didn't expect such a fate. You held her hand back then, and now she is your daughter-in-law."
Lord Jue Chan smiled faintly: "She should only recognize Concubine Hui as her mother-in-law, so how can she be my daughter-in-law? Be careful and don't talk about these things. When you see Eighth Prince, just congratulate him."
.”
However, Xianghe said optimistically: "I think the Eighth Prince will make the Eighth Prince respect you. The Eighth Prince has already called you Niang. How could the Eighth Prince not obey the Eighth Prince?"
Mrs. Juechan thought about the child huddled under the stairs, and the indifferent words of her family that she murmured in her mouth. It was as if she could still vaguely remember the feeling of the cold little hands in her palm. She couldn't help but understand that this child was as unhappy as the eighth prince.
During their childhood, they both grew up dependent on others. I don’t know who matched this couple, but they may be able to understand each other. Only those who have suffered the same can understand the heart of suffering.
Xianghe said excitedly: "Master, just now you said you saw a young lady who looks familiar but can't remember where you have seen her. Is she our eighth blessing?"
Jue Chan nodded: "Yes, it's her. It's fate when you think about it." But she told Xianghe not to be too happy and not to cause trouble to the eighth prince. Xianghe was only happy when she saw her master thinking about the eighth prince.
How could she not agree, but she didn't know that her master had other plans in mind.
When the marriage of the seventh and eighth children was decided, the brothers who had left the palace must express their opinions. Lan Qi, a mother who really doted on her son, sent Huan Chun to prepare things and send them to the fourth elder brother's house early, for fear that her son's salary would be too small.
It was not enough for him to cover the expenses for the reception. At night, Yuxi laid out the things given by E Niang and smiled at her husband: "You always said that E Niang lived frugally in Yonghe Palace, but every time she gave us things, she was never stingy.
, you should be more filial to my mother, we have been away from the palace for so long, my mother has provided a lot of support."
Yinzhen was helpless and casually glanced at the gold, silver and jades on the table, and asked his wife to decide on the gifts for his brothers. He complained with a smile that his mother was too worried. He had said several times that his family had enough money and did not need his mother to supplement it.
But E Niang still found excuses to send things every now and then, and there was nothing he could do.
Yu Xi said that this was his blessing and scolded him for having the nerve to complain. She suddenly asked her husband to hug his waist from behind and softly whispered in his ear: "I have something to tell you."